Dear Friend,
I know I don’t have to tell you life is full of ups and downs. Problems pop up everyday that have to be resolved.
I cannot help but notice, however, that you have the bad habit of pushing things that you feel may have an unpleasant message or outcome to the back burner.
This delaying tactic has to stop. You gain nothing from it. In fact it hurts you when you put things off.
When a problem or obstacle occurs and you act on it quickly, you have an opportunity for the outcome to be more in your favor, or at least limit its impact on you and your family.
If you delay you give it permission to grow and tether itself to you and hold you hostage, lurking daily in the background of your life, never letting you forget that it is there.
Intellectually you know you have the power to banish it forever if you could just address it head on and let the outcome be whatever it will be.
But no, you allow the unaddressed problems to hang out there like black clouds raining daily stress on you as you wait for them to magically vanish.
They’re not going anywhere. They may become heavier or blow up like a balloon. If the problem involves money, there may be late fees or fines accumulating. If it is a health issue, procrastinating can allow the situation to worsen. If it involves family, your failure to act in a timely manner can cause damage to them as well as damage to your relationship with them. Even more damaging, if you are raising children, you could be passing on the very bad habit of procrastination.
Finally, I see what your inaction is doing to you. You have that constant feeling that you are not being the best you can be, you can’t relax and be 100% happy in the moment. Your mind is racing from what you have hanging left undone in the past to what consequences you may have to face in the future.
No wonder you can’t seem to make yourself work consistently on any project or goal. All of this can be avoided if you could just step up and address problems and life’s ups and downs as soon as you are confronted with them.
My friend, in writing this letter, I don’t think the problems that you are confronted with are the real issue. I think the real problem is your lack of courage, faith and belief in yourself; that you are capable of confronting issues and problems and that you will come out okay.
I am here to tell you that you are capable and I believe that you do possess faith, but you must use it. Remember the book of all books says that if you have faith as small as a grain of mustard seed you can say to this mountain move and it will. Faith and belief are action words. To release their power you must demonstrate them and show that they reside in you. The more you exercise faith, the more it will grow.
When problems and obstacles appear in your life, deal with them as soon as possible and be done with them, period.
Don’t let your lack of courage or faith force you to live under the dark cloud of stress for one more moment.
When you finally deal with a situation that you have been putting off for any reason, you will probably find that its outcome will not be as bad as you imagined.
Sincerely your friend,
Diana
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